Quizz_Ch.1 EES Intro

Multiple Choice

What does geology study?

• The study of Earth's oceans

• The study of the interactions of organisms and their surroundings

• The study of materials that make up Earth, the processes that form and change these materials, and the history of the planet and its life-forms

• The study of stars and planets

Multiple Choice

What is the main focus of oceanography?

• The study of Earth's oceans

• The study of rocks and minerals

• The study of weather patterns

• The study of animal behavior

Multiple Choice

Which branch of Earth science studies the interactions of organisms and their surroundings?

• Geology

• Oceanography

• Environmental science

• Astronomy

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a focus of astronomy?

• astrophysics

• climatology

• planetary sciences

Multiple Choice

What is meteorology?

• The study of objects beyond Earth's atmosphere

• The study of Earth's oceans

• The study of the atmosphere and weather

• The study of minerals and rocks

Open Ended

Earth scientists might use maps, computers, satellites or other tech. to....

Open Ended

Can you list the 4 main spheres of Earth?

Fill in the Blanks

The rock and soil layers of the Earth are part of the

Multiple Choice

What is the atmosphere?

• The blanket of gases that surrounds Earth

• All the water on Earth

• All organisms on Earth

• The solid part of Earth

Multiple Choice

Which system includes all the water on Earth, including the water in the atmosphere and the permanently frozen water in the cryosphere?

• Atmosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Biosphere

• Lithosphere

Multiple Choice

What does the biosphere include?

• Only plants on Earth

• All organisms on Earth and the environments in which they live

• Only animals on Earth

• Only the air surrounding Earth

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT part of the hydrosphere?

• Water in the atmosphere

• Permanently frozen water in the cryosphere

• All organisms on Earth

• Oceans and lakes

Open Ended

Can you use an example of how Earth's sphere overlap?

Multiple Choice

Lines that run parallel to the equator are called lines of

• Latitude

• Longitude

• Prime meridian

Multiple Choice

What path do lines of longitude follow?

• Northeasterly direction

• East/West

• North/South

Multiple Choice

Why are both latitude and longitude important in geography?

• They help locate precise positions on Earth

• They measure the height of mountains

• They show the direction of the wind

• They indicate the population of a city

Poll

Maps that show the surface features of a location are called

• geologic maps

• topographic maps

Open Ended

What types of things do geologic maps show?

Open Ended

List some things that are part of the environment around our school.

Multiple Choice

What does 'interdisciplinary' mean?

• the study of env. science

• difficult to learn

• connected punishment

• involving many fields of study

Open Ended

What is something that you noticed about the graph of the human pop. on the slide before?

Poll

Trees are what type of resource on the diagram of resources?

• renewable

• in between

• nonrenewable

Multiple Choice

In an experiment you are trying to determine how fertilizer affects plant growth. The growth of the plant is considered the _____.

• independent variable

• dependent variable

• control group

Open Ended

List the steps of the scientific method: